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U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments

News Release: WASHINGTON, April 18, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.


USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting April 19

NRCS Vermont Conservation Monitoring grant opened on April 19.


USDA-NRCS grant application closes on June 17

NRCS Technical Assistance for Habitat Improvement grant opened on April 19.


Changes to WASDE starting in May

News Release: WASHINGTON, April 18, 2022 - Starting with the May 12, 2022 release (issue No. 624), the following changes will be made to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report:


Proposed Scientific Questions to Inform the Development of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030 Available for Public Comment Starting April 15th

News Release: WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 – Overview As the first step in the development process of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030 (Dietary Guidelines), the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) are releasing proposed scientific questions for public comment. ...


USDA Releases Equity Action Plan

News Release: WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 – Today, in support of Executive Order 13985 Advancing Racial Equity and Support to Underserved Communities , the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) made its Equity Action Plan publicly available. The plan outlines actions USDA will take to advance programmatic equity to improve access to programs and services for underserved stakeholders and communities.


USDA-NRCS grant application closes on June 17

New Jersey NRCS Urban Conservation Project grant opened on April 19.


USDA Announces Additional Farm Service Agency and Rural Development State Directors

News Release: WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint eight U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional positions, including five Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Directors and three Rural Development (RD) State Directors.


Notice of Request for an Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection discussed on April 18 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Few agricultural commodities have defined America the way cotton has. And few agricultural pests have been as destructive and downright insidious as the boll weevil, a small insect that lives and feeds on cotton bolls and flowers and reproduces very quickly.In the late 1800s, boll weevil entered the ...


April 18: bills handled by Agriculture Committee

There was activity on one bill related to the Agriculture Committee on April 18.


USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting April 18

Conservation Reserve Program Technical Assistance Projects - Idaho grant opened on April 18.


News Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the reopening of the USDA Farmers Market for its 25th market season. The annual Friday market will reopen on Friday, May 6, 2022, and run through Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The market will be open from 9 a.m. EDT to 2 p.m. EDT on Fridays.


There were 19 notices published by the Agriculture Department in week ending April 16, according to the Federal Register.


Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial layer chicken flock in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and a non-commercial backyard flock (non-poultry) ...


The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on April 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Idaho

Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in two flocks in Idaho - a non-commercial, backyard flock (non-poultry) in Caribou County and a non-commercial, backyard ...


USDA Declares a Portion of East Fork State Park in Clermont County, Ohio, Removed from Asian Longhorned Beetle Quarantine

Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) together with the Ohio Department of Agriculture today announced that a portion of East Fork State Park in Clermont County, Ohio, is removed from the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) quarantine ...